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by yawnxyz 21 days ago
it would be racist if we started calling it the texas screwworm, but that's kind of redundant
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A bit like calling the Spanish Flu the Spanish Flu.
A bit like calling the Spanish Flu the Spanish Flu.

See also: German measles.

At one time, malaria was called "American flu."